Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):(T)
Goal: The goal is to write a short narrative to be entered into a critique workshop and edited based on the feedback you receive, as well as giving feedback of your own. Role: You are an aspiring author looking for some feedback on what you hope will be your first published work. Audience: Your audiences are members of the website Critique.org, some of whom may be professional authors. Situation:You are entering your short narrative into a critique.org workshop, where it will be read and critiqued by several people. Product/Presentation:The final product will be a blog detailing the writing process of your narrative, and a short presentation about your experience in the workshop. Standards (six categories for each rubric)
Presentation Rubric: Speaks Clearly (25%); Preparedness (25%); Time Limit (20%); Posture & Eye Contact (15%); Uses Complete Sentences (10%); Volume (5%) Product Rubric: Organization (20%); Writing Process (20%); Blog (20%); Critiquing (15%); Length (15%); Grammar, Spelling, and Format (10%)
Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):
Other Evidence(OE)
• Audio Recording - Students will create an audio recording explaining the ideal sequence of events in a plot.
• Digital Imaging - Students will create a digital image surrounding several words in order to evoke a certain feeling.
• Podcast - Students will write and record 3 short narrative podcasts (2-3 minutes), adding details that reference past and future events in the narrative.
• Prezi - Students will create a prezi explaining different themes and/or literary devices in a specific work of short fiction.
• Timeline - Students will use a timeline application to develop a narrative progression.
• Blog - Students will create a blog detailing the different literary styles and qualities of several examples of short fiction.
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection
Self-Assessment(SA)
• Pre- Asessment: Non-graded short personal narrative
• Checking for Understanding: One minute essay, choral response, four corners, mile-a-minute talking, entrance/exit tickets
• Timely Feedback: Self, peer, teacher.
Assessment Task Blue Print
What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?(G)
Understanding
Goal (MLR or CCSS or NGSS)
•narrative writing is complex
•well-structured event sequences are key to successful narrative writing.
•word choice and specific details set and alter narrative tone.
•CCSS, English, Writing
What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
•Narrative Writing
•Short Fiction
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?
Task Description:(T)
You are an aspiring writer and you’re looking for some professional feedback on your latest work of short fiction. You have been directed towards the website critique.org, a site designed for writers to submit their work for a feedbacking workshop, and where writers can critique other works. Based on the feedback you receive, you are expected to edit your narrative piece and re-submit it if you so choose, but keep each of your unedited drafts in a safe place. The final product will be a blog composed of these drafts and the final version of your narrative, as well as a short presentation about your experience using the critiquing workshops.
What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?
Type II Product
Type of Presentation
•Blog
•Oral Presentation
By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?
Product Criteria
Presentation Criteria
•Organization (20%)
•Writing Process (20%)
•Blog (20%)
•Critiquing (15%)
•Length (15%)
•Grammar, Spelling, and Format (10%)
Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.
Role: You are an aspiring author looking for some feedback on what you hope will be your first published work.
Audience: Your audiences are members of the website Critique.org, some of whom may be professional authors.
Situation: You are entering your short narrative into a critique.org workshop, where it will be read and critiqued by several people.
Product/Presentation: The final product will be a blog detailing the writing process of your narrative, and a short presentation about your experience in the workshop.
Standards (six categories for each rubric)
Presentation Rubric: Speaks Clearly (25%); Preparedness (25%); Time Limit (20%); Posture & Eye Contact (15%); Uses Complete Sentences (10%); Volume (5%)
Product Rubric: Organization (20%); Writing Process (20%); Blog (20%); Critiquing (15%); Length (15%); Grammar, Spelling, and Format (10%)
• Digital Imaging - Students will create a digital image surrounding several words in order to evoke a certain feeling.
• Podcast - Students will write and record 3 short narrative podcasts (2-3 minutes), adding details that reference past and future events in the narrative.
• Prezi - Students will create a prezi explaining different themes and/or literary devices in a specific work of short fiction.
• Timeline - Students will use a timeline application to develop a narrative progression.
• Blog - Students will create a blog detailing the different literary styles and qualities of several examples of short fiction.
• Checking for Understanding: One minute essay, choral response, four corners, mile-a-minute talking, entrance/exit tickets
• Timely Feedback: Self, peer, teacher.
Assessment Task Blue Print
What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task? (G)
•well-structured event sequences are key to successful narrative writing.
•word choice and specific details set and alter narrative tone.
What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?
What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?
By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?
•Writing Process (20%)
•Blog (20%)
•Critiquing (15%)
•Length (15%)
•Grammar, Spelling, and Format (10%)
•Preparedness (25%)
•Time Limit (20%)
•Posture & Eye Contact (15%)
•Uses Complete Sentences (10%)
•Volume (5%)